Kundu

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Kundu (कुंडू) or Kinnu or Kinnoo gotra Jats are found in Alwar, Jaipur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and in Madhya Pradesh. Kundu's are also found in Haryana. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. [1] A city named Kundila is mentioned in Mahabharata, the inhabitants of this were known as Kundu. they are also mentioned as descendants of rishi Kondilya.[2] Also called Kinnu or Kinnoo gotra of jats are found in good numbers in sonipat, panipat dist of haryana and also in modinagar,ghaziabad and and meerut dist in Uttar Pradesh.

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In Mahabharata

The Mahabharata Tribe - Kundivisa (कुण्डी विष) - A tribe with professional soldiers who fought on both sides in Great War, they constituted a wing in Yudhisthira's army in Mahabharata (VI.46.49).

पिशाचा दरदाश चैव पुण्ड्राः कुण्डी विषैः सह
मडका कडकाश चैव तङ्गणाः परपङ्गणाः (VI.46.49)
The Mahabharata Tribe - Kundivisa (कुण्डी विष) may be identified with Jat Gotra - Kundu (कुंडू)

Mahabharata Shalya Parva mentions names of combatants armed with diverse weapons and clad in diverse kinds of robes and ornaments, All of them came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Shalya Parva in Sanskrit mentions in shloka 53 Kundu along with Kapahis as under:

द्रॊण शरवाः कपिस्कन्धः काञ्चनाक्षॊ जलं धमः
अक्षसंतर्जनॊ राजन कुनदीकस तमॊ ऽभरकृत ।। 53 ।।

History

Panini mentions Kaunduparatha, as a part of Trigarta, Jullundur kingdom. The Kulun, Mentioned by Panini, are the Kahlon Jats, Kuluta, Kālān, Krishna of the Puranas, Resident of Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The Kuninda, however, are the Kundus. The Coins of Their King Amogha Bhuti, (King of Kunindas) have been found at Tappamev District Hoshiarpur, Punjab. According to Vayu Purana the Kundus were living on the banks of the Sita river in Central Asia. It is identified as the Tarim river. [3] J.C. Vidyalankar says it is the Yarkand river or Jarafshan, still called Sito, by the Chinese. [4] A city, Kundus on the Pamirs, is named after them (116- Through the Pamirs. p. 209) Sabha Parva Mentions a people called Kundaman, Alongwith the Hans, Sibi and Paur. [5]

The Kundu clan Kuninda of Indian literature, are mentioned as mountain people:

अस्मात परस तव एष महाधनुष्मान; पुत्रः कुणिन्दाधिपतेर वरिष्ठः ।
निरीक्षते तवां विपुलायतांसः; सुविस्मितः पर्वतवासनित्यः (III.249.7)

Kundu Khap

Kundu (कुंडू) Khap has ... villages in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Jat gotra is [[Kundu][kinnu][kinnoo]]. Village Hewa in Baghpat and Ujaida in Modinagar (UP) are the villages of this khap. It has 10-12 village in Jind district Haryana. Sonipat district-Villages are Butana (बुटाना) , Dhurana (ढुराणा) , Rohtak district - Titauli (टिटौली) , Sundarpur (सुन्दरपुर) ; Jhajjar district - Chandpur (चांदपुर) ; Panipat district - Kath (काथ) , Shahpur (शाहपुर) , Vijawa (विजावा) . They are Chauhan vanshi. [6]

Distribution in Rajasthan

Locations in Jaipur city

Bindayaka, Himmat Nagar, Tonk Road,

Locations in Alwar city

Budh Vihar,

Distribution in Haryana

Kundu Jats are found in Jind, Hissar, Kaithal, Panipat,Sonipat, Rohtak, Gurgaon Districts of Haryana.

Villages in Hisar district

In Hisar district they live in tehsil Barwala where Pabra (पाबड़ा), Kinala, Faridpur, Khairi, Kandool are the five villages having much strength of Kundu Jat gotra. (85%).

Villages in Rohtak district

Titoli,

Villages in Kaithal district

Kailram, Titram, Devigarh,

Villages in Panipat district

Shahpur Panipat, Kath, Bijawa,

Villages in Sonipat district

Butana,

Villages in Jhajjar district

Chandpur

Villages in Jind district

Kalwa, Bhurain, Lohar Majra, Nirjanpur, DHAKAL

Distribution in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal,

Villages in Ratlam district

Villages in Ratlam district with population of this gotra are:

Ratlam 7,


Notable persons from this gotra

References

  1. ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
  2. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 229
  3. ↑ S.M.Ali,op cit. p.105
  4. ↑ Bharat Bhumi, p. 123
  5. ↑ Sabha Parva, 52/ 13-8
  6. ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania, Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, Agra, 2004, p. 14

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